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[[Humongous Entertainment]] (now [[Humongous Inc]]) was a company for children's computer games, which is now owned by [[Atari]]. Their five biggest franchises were ''[[
Eventually, Humongous filed for bankruptcy, and sold all the rights to [[Atari]], who continued four of the series, but only went one game on three of those four and stopped. The other one, the ''[[
Notably, most of their [[Adventure Game|Adventure Games]] change the locations of the respective [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]] each playthough.
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== Series by Humongous: ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Big Thinkers
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* ''Conjure!'' (vaporware)
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''Future Dog: Dog of the Future'' (vaporware)
* ''[[Moon Base Commander
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** ''Pajama Man'' (comic books; the game is vaporware)
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=== Tropes in Humongous games in general: ===
* [[Anti
** In some of the games (notably the ''[[
** Most of the Junior Arcades had a "Junior Helper." which usually let you turn on unlimited lives and give you some other advantage.
* [[April Fools' Day]]: For April 1, 1999, Humongous's sub-division Cavedog Entertainment temporarily became [http://www.frozenyak.com/ Frozen Yak Entertainment].
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* [[Creative Closing Credits]]: Humongous was quite fond of these. Usually they had objects flying up or going across the screen, and clicking on them gave you different reactions. Other things included [[Photo Montage|photo albums]], a room with many click points, screens that show many random events, and much more.
* [[Creator in Joke]]: Their headquarters was located in Woodinville, Washington, so you're going to expect a lot of jokes referencing said city and Seattle.
* [[Credits Gag]]: Virtually all games since ''[[
* [[Debug Room]]: Featured in all of the post-''[[
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The earliest games had DOS graphics and MIDI music, and animated using sprites instead of hand drawn cartoon animation. Then there's minor details, like the 3D cursors in ''[[
* [[Feelies]]: Included with just about every game at the time, though they have become more and more rare.
* [[Game Mod]]: By editing the games' config files, you may find additional scenes, which are either extra jokes and/or [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]].
** The five games that use the YAGA engine<ref>''[[Backyard Sports
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Humongous is [[Pixar|not the last company]] that would create beloved entertainment about [[Cars|cars, spies]], [[Toy Story|toys]], [[The Incredibles|superheros]], or [[Finding Nemo|fish]].
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: Partially averted. Usually the characters will give an excuse for taking anything not nailed down by saying something like "This doesn't belong here, so I'd better find the place it should go." At the base of it, though, the heroes are still snatching anything that looks important.
* [[Mad Libs Dialogue]]: You could say it was abused in Humongous games. The ''[[
* [[Pop Up Video Games]]
* [[Same Language Dub]]: Several of the games were released in the UK with tweaked scripts and re-recorded dialogue using British voice actors.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Hoo boy. Humongous did a LOT of self [[Product Placement]]. They would advertise another one of their games wherever they could, such as on bill boards and click points.
** One of the billboards on ''[[
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Hulabee Entertainment.
* [[Technology Marches On]]: Quite a few examples.
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